‘… I feel a huge responsibility for making Charlie feel good and OK. And loved, and not afraid.’

‘What is this journey asking of me?’

The carer to a partner with a debilitating illness so often carries a vast unseen weight. A weight that can change so much.

To possess the space to grieve the slow continuing loss can seem unreachable, amongst the unrelenting duty of the day to day care. It is a situation many of us will inevitably find ourselves in one day.

As Eric has experienced, the situation can arise from seemingly nowhere. Everything can change. It always could have. Unrequested Fire.

Perhaps we are not as in control as we continue to suppose.

And in the uncontrollable vulnerability of such a journey, one might break wide open.

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